THE Panos Routsi He talked once again about the personal fight he gave in order to be able to justify the memory of his son, Dennis, who was lost in the Tempe tragedy, revealing that his great support was Nikos Karvelaswho – almost – every night was by his side in the Constitution.
As he pointed out on Monday morning (13.10.2025) on the show “The Breakfast” that the famous music composer was choosing to go to see him late at night in order not to cause it. In fact, Panos Routsi stressed that Nikos Karvela’s actions were very beautiful, because he acted with his heart and not to gain publicity.
«23 days of hunger strike, it wasn’t the easiest thing. I suffered. I was hungry. I was in pain. I was angry. But the feeling of victory was very strong. I turned my head up and said, “My boy, my child, we won.” He was the one who gave me the power every night, I was sleeping, waking up with him and he was always by my side.
Too many people signed, we filled 30 notebooks, it must have been half Athens. All the wishes, all the poems that have written to us, all will come out in a book at some point, For everyone to find out what people went through the Constitution, “Panos Routsi said.
“A lot of artists have passed. It is true that Nikos Karvelas came almost every night. He used to tell me “I want to be with you, I don’t want to be alone”, and we were chatting for hours. It was very beautiful, because he did it with his heart, without publicity, without cameras. Was coming slowly for this reason“, He then revealed to Nikos Karvela.
“A way to find out what our children left,” said Denis Rucci’s father who lost his life in the Tempe tragedy.